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THE HOBBIT: AN UNEXPECTED JOURNEY

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Peter Jackson Stars: Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, James Nesbitt, Andy Serkis, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, Stephen Hunter, Dean O’Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, Adam Brown, Barry Humphries, Lee Pace, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bret McKenzie, Christopher Lee, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Ian [...]

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THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: voices of Jamie Bell, Andy Serkis, Daniel Craig, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Cary Elwes, Toby Jones, Tony Curran, Mackenzie Crook, Daniel Mays, Gad Elmaleh. Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of the popular comic book character created by Belgian artist Herge in 1929 is his first foray into animation, and [...]

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RISE OF THE PLANET OF THE APES

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Rupert Wyatt Stars: James Franco, Freida Pinto, John Lithgow, Brian Cox, Tom Felton, Andy Serkis, David Oyelowe, Tyler Labine, Jamie Harris, David Hewlett. “Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty ape!” Charlton Heston’s memorable line from Franklin J Schaffner’s original sci-fi adventure/allegorical tale about a group of astronauts [...]

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BURKE & HARE

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: John Landis Stars: Simon Pegg, Andy Serkis, Isla Fisher, Tom Wilkinson, Tim Curry, Ronnie Corbett, Jessica Hynes, Michael Smiley, Christian Brassington, Christopher Lee, Jenny Agutter, David Hayman, David Schofield, Reece Shearsmith, Allan Corduner, Hugh Bonnerville, Robert Stone, Stephen Merchant, John Woodvine, Bill Bailey, Costa-Gavras. This wonderfully entertaining and farcical black [...]

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24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE

Reviewed by GREG KING Director: Michael Winterbottom Stars: Steve Coogan, Andy Serkis. When it comes to a choice between the legend and the truth, always print the legend. And so it is with Michael Winterbottom’s colourful, erratic and energetic docu-drama depicting the rise and fall of the music scene in the industrial city of Manchester [...]

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